SIYIAPEI CHILDRENS HOME

Name: SIYIAPEI CHILDRENS HOME
Start: 2025-01-01
End: 2026-12-31
Location: Kenya

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Kenya Education Children Sport Education International +4 Permanent

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

BRIEF HISTORY:
AIC Siyiapei Children’s Home is a faith based initiative of the Africa Inland Church (AIC) under its arm -Africa Inland Child & Community Agency for Development (AICCAD), which is registered and mandated to run AIC’s institution of learning and children’s homes. AIC Siyiapei Children’s is located in Narok North Constituency, Melili ward in Siyiapei location. The home was established in 1979 serving as a haven for refuge and comfort to many disadvantaged children in the society. Since its establishment, the home has supported over five hundred (500) hundred orphans and vulnerable children who by good luck have managed to achieve their dreams and currently doing well in the competitive Kenyan society like any other citizens. Currently the home is providing care and pro-tection to over 80 children.
Sustainability strategy
Towards achieving our plans, the Centre management team is devoted to continue working on several sustainable initiatives to create a self-sustaining home through partnership and networking with various stakeholders. The cur-rent initiatives in place includes; a food security project which encompasses the growing of vegetables in three green houses, Fish farming, poultry project, and livestock keeping. The team at the Centre intends to explore more oppor-tunities in the future as the home grows towards a stable self-sustainability. We believe in teamwork and partnership spirit.
OUR VISION:
Our vision is to transform and protect the lives of the vulnerable children in Narok County through a holistic ap-proach that touch the wholeness of a growing child by providing hope and future to such vulnerable groups for God’s glory.
OUR MISSION:
To share the love of Christ by empowering vulnerable groups of the society through partnerships and sustainable programs for growth and development
OUR CORE VALUES:
In order to realize the above vision and mission, our Home and stakeholders are being guided by appropriate core values to ensure relevancy and boost motivations to various stakeholders. As a Christian organization we are guid-ed by Christians values and principles which always act as a symbol of the organization Identity characterized by Godliness, Compassion and Fairness to all our beneficiaries.
This includes: Integrity and Honesty We value Team Work We value partnerships Love and respect to all We value Transparency We are professional
We are accountable to God and people

💼 What the programme involves

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• To intervene in the communities the children who live in poor vulnerable situations and their caregivers to-wards a sustainable family development and well-being.
• maintain good management of aquaponics project for income generating at the Centre
• Increase farm production of quality kales and tomatoes in the greenhouses for consumption and income
• Capacity building for staffs and children to be able to produce quality produce at the Centre.
• Rescue of children and enrolling them in school
• Lobbying and advocacy through children’s office and courts
• Guiding and counselling attached to psychosocial support
• Conducting home and school visits
• In-house and field games
• Writing of projects proposals
• Filling exit forms and filing
• Home visits
• Bee keeping project –One of Income generating
• Fish farming at the Centre’s fish pond
• Remedial Exercise
• General Cleaning,
• Indoors/field games
• Weeding,Gardening and Cooking
• Poultry Work
• Comp Traing

🏠 Accommodation on site

ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
During your stay you will be accommodated in houses that you will share with the other volunteers on the programme. The houses are comfortable but quite basic with running water and electricity. with good security. Water shortages may be experienced.

🍲 Food

Food
during your stay on this project food will be provided by your host family, volunteer will be provided with three meals a day Break fast Lunch and Dinner, food will be prepared by host by the help of volunteers most of foods are locally made and fresh produced

📍 About the location

This project is located in Narok Masai Community

🎒 Leisure activities

Leisure Activities: Maasai Mara national Game reserve cultural exchange, excursions. The visits are done during the weekends. Volunteers can as well visit a local market, attend church, play soccer and participate in other community activities

⚠️ Requirements

you'll need to meet certain requirements, including age, health, and attitude. You'll also need a passport and visa to enter the
1,Age: You must be at least 18 years old, or the age required by your program
2,Language: You should be able to speak at least basic English, or the language required by your program.
3,Passport: You'll need a valid passport to enter Kenya
4,Visa: You'll need a Single Entry Visa or tourist visa to volunteer in Kenya
5,Travel insurance: You'll need to have travel and health insurance
6,Background check: You may need to provide a criminal background check report
7,vaccinations: You may need to get certain vaccinations before entering Kenya
8,Training: You may need to participate in training provided by your organization
9,You should also be open-minded, flexible, and patient, and willing to step outside your comfort zone
10,Above 18 years of age (If you are below 18 years you need written consent from a guardian)
11,A positive attitude towards independent progress of others.
12,A willingness to adapt to local conditions.

🤝 Meeting point

Arrival Terminal At Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

Orientation: Orientation meeting will take place in Nairobi before proceeding to the project.

Day 2: Morning: registration and start of orientation. About 4 hours lecture at the home of your host. Topics covered during orientation lecture will include East African culture, history, customs, politics, geography, and necessary health precautions, and various other topics, such as the diversity of Kenyan life. Afternoon is free for exploring rural Kenyan life and getting to know your host family.

ℹ️ Additional information

Additional requirements
1,Some programs may have additional requirements, such as a registration fee or program fee
2,Medical volunteers may need to provide college enrollment documents
3,Volunteers working with children may need to provide a criminal background check report.

Age range: 18 and over
Participation fee: 400 Euros per months (12 months) The project fee or extra fee includes Airport Pick up, Airport Transfer, Food 3 meals a day Breakfast Dinner Lunch, Accommodation and Host, Transport From Nairobi to the Project And Back to Nairobi after the project, City Tour, 2 days host In Nairobi on your arrival and last day after project, 24 hours Agape Centre Of Hope Office Support and project monitoring.

This Project Run All Round the Year is Open for Applications All times.

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